Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
काखे कडासन आड पडे । खडबड खडबडे हुसकलें ॥१॥
दादकरा दादकरा । फजितखोरा लाज नाहीं ॥ध्रु.॥
अवघा जाला राम राम । कोणी कर्म आचरे ना ॥२॥
हरिदासांच्या पडती पायां । म्हणती तयां नागवावें ॥३॥
दोहीं ठायीं फजीत जालें । पारणें केलें अवकळा ॥४॥
तुका म्हणे नाश केला । विटंबिला वेश जिहीं ॥५॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
With a seat-cloth tucked under his arm, he stumbles and makes a commotion. The shameless disgrace cries out, help, help! He has no dignity at all. Everywhere it is all Ram Ram on the lips, but no one truly practices the discipline. They fall at the feet of the devout only to strip them bare. In both worlds they have been disgraced, and their observances have gone to ruin. Says Tuka, they have destroyed themselves by corrupting the very garb of devotion.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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